Eemsen



R. APPLEBY.

Cigar-Machine.

Patented July 27,1875.

W l N E v m WITNESSES:

ATTOINEYS.

WRSrfflOTO-LJYHOGRAPHER. WASHINGTON. D c.

PATENT OFFICE.

REMSEN APPLEBY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN CIGAR-MACHINES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No 165,91 l dated July 27,1875; application filed October 17, 1874.

To all whom itmay concern Be it known that I, REMSEN APPLEBY, of thecity, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Combined Bunching and Finishing Cigar-Machines, of whichthe following is a specificatiOll i The invention relates to the classof cigarlnachines adapted to bunch and finish cigars at one operation;and it consists in a head formed of rolling sleeves mounted on spindles,and a thimble arranged (adjustably) on a roll above said sleeves, ashereinafter described.

Figure 1 is a top view partly in section. Fig. 2 is a longitudinalsection of Fig. 1, taken on the line x 00. Fig. 3 is a verticalcross-section taken on the line y y. Fig. 4 is a sectional end view,showing the gear-Wheels, section on the line 2 z of Fig. 2.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

There are four rollers, A, B, O, and D, on the ends of which are thegear-wheels seen in Fig. 4.

The rollers B G are revolved in stationary boxes, but the upper rollA isconnected with the shaft E by the arms F G, and is thrown out of gearwith the central actuating-wheel H by means of the arm I of the shaft E,and an adjustable connecting-rod, J, which isoperated by a treadle. Thisrod is adjusted by means of a series of holes and the bolt K through thearm I, and it is connected with the table in such a manner that when itis properly adjusted in the arm I the roller is kept in one positionwhen it descends, so that the downward pressure on the cigars isuniform.

L represents one of the heads of the machine. In this machine there is ahead at each end of the rollers, one only being shown in the drawing 5but they are duplicates of each other, and operate in the same manner.

The head consists of a number of sleeves N, which revolve on smallspindles attached to the block 0, the said block being fixed by a screwto the end plate P of the machine.

Q Q are thimbles on the roll A. The roll D is connected with the'shaft Eby tlhe bar 1t .roller A being raised by the pressure of the foot, andthe roller D being thrown downward by the same means,) and the rollers Aand D are thrown into gear with the central wheel, as seen in Fig. l,and are revolved by turning the crank-Wheel T. This forms or givesapproximate shape to the cigar. The hunch is moved along endwise to theheader L, and then, by means of the thimble and the revolving sleeves Nof the header, the head of the cigar is formed, and the cigar iscompleted.

With this machine each cigar is completely finished before it leaves thehands of the operator. The thimbles Q Q may be made adjust able on theroller A, to make both or either of them correspond with the position ofthe header L.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- The combination, with the rollers AB 0, of theadjustable thimble Q and the rolling sleeves N, mounted on spindlesprojecting from the grooved head L, and arranged in the arc of a circle,all as shown and described.

REMSEN APPLEBY. Witnesses:

T. B. MosHER,

ALEX. F. ROBERTS.

